Stick a fork in it

Month: August 2014

Burger day today. We don’t always bun the burger, but on special occasions, like when resident teen is around or the end of summer is near, we bring on the bun. Everyone has their own style. Above is Otto’s burger.

ketchup

cheese

burger

lettuce

tomato

” And bun … heh heh. ”

These babies brown. They brown!

Zélie’s burger

No ketchup!

No pick-ohs

NO LETTUCE

No onions

No special sauce

No onions

Minty’s burger

ketchup

onions

lettuce

frites

tomato

pickles

cheese

Minty has other versions. She doesn’t always frite her burger. Lucy is still working on her style with the burgers.

Extra points for looking like a gummy burger.

You can keep it simple or make the burger complicated. What I love is that there is no need to mix stuff into the patties. They can hold strong while you mess with the fixin’s.

The kids wanted to make S’mores. We bought all the ingredients a few days ago and promptly ate them ’round the hob. You typically do this sort of food around a campfire. Lucy insisted that we do this properly. So back to the shops to buy some more ingredients. Everything is easy to find except the Graham Crackers. The closest I could get was ” petite beurre ” cookies.

Z demonstrates the final product.

For those who aren’t familiar with The S’more here’s a quick how-to. The ” S’more ” is short for ” that is so fantastic! I want some more! ” or Brent’s version, ” what a complete waste of chocolate and marshmallows. ”

Build a small campfire.

Toast your marshmallow over the campfire. Everyone has their own style. Kids usually flame their marshmallow just because they can. I’m more of a crusty on the outside, gooey on…